By signing below you are showing support for the professional pay for professional work campaign and will receive updates!

The overarching goal of this campaign is to address the long-standing issue of low and inequitable compensation for early childhood educators (ECEs) in Ontario. We are calling on the government to fund professional pay for all ECEs in Ontario regardless of where they work. Professional pay should reflect ECEs’ specialized training, the value of their work and their participation in continuous professional learning.

No ECE should have to work for less than a professional wage and all ECEs should be recognized for their professional qualifications and practice.

I think this profession is hugely underpaid for a very needed and important role in our education system. The teachers are grossly overpaid with huge pensions. If brought to proper perspective, since it’s the teachers who benifits from the assistance of these ETA’s ( less work for the teachers) they should fund these workers or at least top up their wages to a “living wage”. The money’s have to come from somewhere!